Why Tankers preferred 75 over 76mm

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Although the Sherman with 76mm gun was clearly a better at fighting other tanks, most tankers actually preferred the 75mm gun Sherman. Yet, why? This question is answered by Joshua "Wiki" Collins from ww2armor.org who provides some interesting insights while we stand in front of "Fred".
Disclaimer: This video was made possible by Wargaming, who flew me over to Ohio, provided food, lodging and additional services.
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Coox, Alvin D.; Naisawald, L. Van Loan: Technical Memorandum ORO-T-117 - Survey of Allied Tank Casualties in World War II, March 1951
TM 9-1907 Ballistic Data Performance of Ammunition. Department of the Army, United States 1948
Zaloga, Steven: Patton versus the Panzers: The Battle of Arracourt, September 1944. Stackpole Books: 2016.
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@MilitaryHistoryNotVisualized 4 роки тому

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@Taranaki66 4 роки тому

You're just confusing us. Just like the Chieftain, this guy is using facts and rational analysis to give an accurate insight on the matter. But you completely ignore how we feeeeeeeeeeeelll!

@jamesliu8095 4 роки тому

Well it's because you have a whole 1mm less to load

@_Matsimus_ 4 роки тому

105mm thicc boi

@ddraig1957 4 роки тому

The American guy is incredibly knowledgeable. He should have his own UKposts channel.

@paulthiessen6467 4 роки тому

So, the guys with the 76s are the first ones sent against the tigers..... I’ll take a 75 please!

@mrkawaii2022 4 роки тому

The reason they prefer 75mm

@thelastbrobo7826 4 роки тому

'He who shows up with tanks will win'

@D4rkn3ss2000 4 роки тому

In the original Company of Heroes RTS game, there is an option to upgrade all your M4 Sherman tanks with the 76mm gun, and the upgrade description warns you that upgrading the guns to the 76mm version increases de damage done to vehicles, specially tanks, but reduced the splash radius of the shell, thus reducing the damage vs infantry and buildings. Historical accuracy in a video game boys!!! I love Company of Heroes soo much

@MistahFox 4 роки тому

Shorthand: The targets that tanks fought the most were infantry and notably anti tank guns, both needing HE to take out effectively. The high pressure of the 76 caused by the longer barrel and larger caliber meant the explosive element in HE shells and APCBC shells required sacrificing explosive mass in favor of thicker coating to survive being fired. This lead to the 75 having almost twice the amount of HE that the 76 had, making it more effective for most combat situations.

@ralphe5842 4 роки тому

My father told me that when they encountered a tank they called in artillery even if you didn't kill the tank you removed all there support troops so the tank was left on its own and left as fast as possible

@revmarcell6449 3 роки тому

I have had the honor to speak with many veterans of WW2. Those who served in armored vehicles told me that duels between tanks were rare. When German tanks were encountered the artillery was called in to deal with the problem. If that did not work, then air strikes were called in. Much depended on the experience and temperament of the officers. Those who cared about their men tried to use stand off weapons to weaken or clear a German position before sending in tanks and infantry. German tanks ran out of fuel or broke down as often as they were knocked out in combat.

@bodasactra 3 роки тому

The Sherman was clearly the best overall tank of the war and it gets such a bad wrap because it sometimes faced heavy tanks made strictly to destroy tanks. The Sherman was perfect for, mass production, transport overseas, reliability, easy maintenance, excellent infantry support, and all the various uses the hull was utilized for. Thank you for keeping it real.

@_MSHP_ 3 роки тому

After my grandfather passed away, I found some audio from an interview with a university, he had partaken in. Its approximately 120 minutes in duration. He was a 2nd Lieutenant 12th Canadian Armoured Regt. he spoke a bit about some incidents where bouncing HEAT rounds really changed a few situations for the better, and how the troopers he commanded were using that tactic quite frequently, and became good at utilizing the technique. Personally I learned when I was about 10-13 years old that, if I learned something about his brigade, from a book and mentioned it to him, it would ruin his day, his week, or even months, so I stopped discussing that period with him. I spent a lot of time with him luckily, because my mother was single, he was like a father to me, I remember waking him up during a thunderstorm because he was having a nightmare, he threw me across the room and landed on top of me with his hands on my throat. I still have all the things he brought back with him, including the shrapnel they took out of him in 1991. He was blown out of two of these and a field ambulance, and survived somehow. Both his brothers were killed in action, and he was the youngest.

@SeismicHammer 4 роки тому

Well, this is a good reminder that armies usually use weapons against the enemies they fight the most often, and since no weapon is perfect, this results in deficiencies in certain aspects. Given that war is no longer about duels, the direct comparison of tank to tank is not necessarily as meaningful as it might appear initially.